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its flesh, as well as the tubes and stem, slowly chang'es to a dingy 

 flesh color and then to black or blackish where wounded, as in the 

 type. 



Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh. 

 There is a chestnut tree near Freehold, Greene co., in which the 

 involucre of the fruit is rudimentary or abortive. It consists of a 

 mere shallow cup or rim which surrounds the base of the fruit. 

 The tree is known to the inhabitants of the place as the burless 

 chestnut. It blossomed freely the past summer but failed to develop 

 fruit. It is said that the boys are so eager for the nuts that the 

 owner of the tree realizes but small returns from it. As it is the 

 only tree of its kind known to us it would seem desirable that it 

 should be perpetuated either by planting its seeds or grafting scions 

 of it on other chestnut trees. 



Catastoma circumscissum (B. & C.) Morg. 

 This curious little puffball which ruptures at the base when 

 mature, as indicated by the generic name, is more plentiful in more 

 western regions. It has been found in two localities in our State, 

 one in St Lawrence county, the other in Essex county. 



Chrysomyxa pyrolae (DC.) Rostr. 

 As indicated by the specific name, this species usually inhabits the 

 living leaves of various kinds of Pyrola, but the uredo spores were 

 discovered the past season near Friends lake, inhabiting living 

 leaves of Moneses uni flora (L.) Gray. July. 



Clavaria bicolor Pk. 



This name, being antedated by Clavaria bicolor ]\Iass. 

 was changed in Syllogc 17, page 196 to Clavaria peckii Sacc. 

 & D. Sacc. This name having previously been used in Sylloge 9, 

 page 249, was not available in this case. Therefore the name 

 Clavaria vestitipes is here substituted for Clavaria 

 bicolor in N. Y. State IMuseum bulletin 54, page 954. 



Craterellus cantharellus (Schw.) Fr. 



A form of this mushroom occurred plentifully the past season near 



Menands. The hymenium was distinctly marked by branched and 



anastomosing folds or narrow blunt edged lamellae, so that the 



plants might easily be mistaken for the common yellow chantarelle. 



